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Found My First Silver / Gold? - Is There A Way To Confirm 100% Without Smashing Up The Rock?


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Hi All,

I've found some quartz pieces in England with very small metallic minerals (see below).

It's clear silver / grey colour and looks very different to other minerals I've seen like Galena, Cassiterite & Zinc. There is a history of gold being found at this location in very small quantities.

Does this look like it could be genuine, or is it possible it's something else like Mica?

Thanks for any help provided.

Leon

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Yes, appears to be mica. Very commonly mistaken for gold.

One method that can to help identify gold specimens is the use of a very hot detector with a small coil, like a Gold Monster with 5” coil. It will detect pinhead gold, and ignore most (not all) minerals that mimic gold. Mica, for instance, will not signal on a metal detector.

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